Motif
ambush foiled by visible guardian at the threshold
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A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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The Nibelungenlied TWENTY-SEVENTH ADVENTURE / TWENTY-EIGHTH ADVENTURE / TWENTY-NINTH ADVENTURE / THIRTIETH ADVENTURE; lines 14160-14333 confidence: high
Around midnight, Volker sees a helmet gleam from the darkness and tells Hagen that armed men are before them and likely intend attack.
Armed men approach stealthily at night but abandon their purpose when they see Volker and Hagen guarding the door.
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